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PRI attends OSCE HDIM meeting to discuss the role of civil society in prevention of torture and ill treatment
PRESS RELEASE How to step up torture prevention in alliance with NGOs Ahead of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw from 26 September to 7 October 2011, Penal Reform International (PRI) stresses the important role of civil society in the prevention of torture and ill-treatment. “By their very nature prisons are isolated places. […]
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Death penalty loses popularity worldwide
Death penalty loses popularity worldwide On 19 and 20 September, Penal Reform International (‘PRI’) brought 120 people from retentionist countries to London to discuss global trends towards abolition of the death penalty. PRI Chair, David Daubney, described this conference as “an opportunity to inspire decision- and policy-makers in death penalty countries to identify new ways of […]
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PRI hosts roundtable in Kazakhstan on prison medical services in light of the Bangkok rules
PRESS RELEASE On September 15th, 2011 a conference on the issue of the «Transfer of medical prison services to the Ministry of Health in the light of recommendations of Bangkok rules» will be held in Astana. The purpose of the conference is to discuss questions of health protection of women prisoners, reforms of prison health […]
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PRI hosted Round Table on Improvement of mechanisms to investigate cases of torture in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
PRESS RELEASE Penal Reform International (PRI) Central Asia and the Coalition of Kazakhstan NGOs against torture are pleased to announce that on 14 September 2011 in Astana a round table will be held on «Improvement of mechanisms to investigate cases of torture in the Republic of Kazakhstan». The event is kindly supported by the European […]
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PRI: Death Penalty Abolition after Arab Spring
PRI’s MENA Regional Director gives some thoughts on the prospects for death penalty abolition, in light of the recent and current upheaval in the area. Interviewed at the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty AGM in Rabat, Taghreed Jaber spoke of her fears that the death penalty might be used as revenge, as well as […]
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PRI concerned about retrogression in Kazakhstan’s prison system
On 15 September 2011, authority for Kazakhstan’s penitentiary system will be transferred back from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of the Interior of Kazakhstan. Penal Reform International has serious concerns that this transfer of authority will undermine Kazakhstan’s previous reforms aimed at the mode rnisation and the demilitarisation of the penitentiary system. In […]